Companionship care can play a key role in improving the lives of seniors and addressing a number of challenges seen across health care, new studies suggest. No one understands this more than Papa, a “family-on-demand” startup. The company commissioned a series of studies that examined the impact of companion care on overall health. Founded in […]
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In the last year, home- and community-based service offerings either stayed relatively flat or dipped among most of the largest nonprofit senior living providers. While senior living providers remain generally committed to these services, they have been tough to manage due to various factors, namely staffing woes. That and other takeaways are according to the […]
Home health providers have delved into different service lines during COVID-19. Among those are high-acuity care, such as hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home programs, palliative care and respite care. But one set of services, in particular, is beginning to make more sense for home health providers to offer: behavioral health. Strategically, expanding into behavioral health makes sense […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has stretched out the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model for an additional two years. While the program isn’t home health focused, it’s an opportunity for providers to collaborate with acute care hospitals, physician group practices and other Medicare-certified entities. […]
Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE: ELV) leaders believe that investing early in its at-home care platform will give it a comfortable runway as rumors of a recession swirl around the U.S. economy. By purchasing myNEXUS, a convener that manages home-based care for payers, Elevance has been able to diversify its business profile and feels like it […]
TruBlue Total House Care recently welcomed Carrie Coumbs as the company’s new senior strategic advisor. Cincinnati, Ohio-based TruBlue is a senior-focused home repair company that operates under a franchising business model. TruBlue specializes in house care, home maintenance and safety modifications. Coumbs is a senior care veteran with 20 years of aging services experience under […]
Dr. Sachin Jain – the CEO of SCAN Health Plan – is a provocateur on the topic of home-based care. I’ve talked to him in the past about his concerns with value-based care, for instance, at a time when value-based care is almost ubiquitously championed. In a closed-door discussion on Thursday, Jain offered more of […]
As seniors age, it’s critical to find the right setting for them to do so. For many, that’s aging in place while receiving home-based care services. For others, it means moving into an assisted living facility. With this in mind, a number of home-based care providers are getting into the business of helping seniors find […]
Organizations far and wide are leveraging their internal innovation and home-based care to reduce readmissions and other avoidable hospitalizations. Three of those organizations — all unique in their own way — were on hand at Home Health Care News’ FUTURE event to discuss what makes their companies innovative and what disruptions they are making in […]
Excess moisture, faulty structuring and bad wiring. Those are some of the common issues that arise in the seniors’ homes. But the home is where seniors want to remain as they age. That’s why the University of Pittsburgh is trying to push the needle forward with its healthy home lab. The project brings together researchers […]
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